I've linked them all to Amazon so you can "look inside", even if you don't have an e-reader or another way to easily sample them.
PLEASE offer me one or more of your favorite reads from 2012 in the comments: I'm compiling my own 2013 TBR list right now!
Novels
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (Dire and gorgeous, this novel literally made me look at the world with fresh eyes.)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Beautiful love story, a lyrical, modern re-casting of The Iliad - thanks to E. for sending it my way!)
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan (A tad racy and violent, but so so smart and literary and hilarious too.)
Young Adult
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (I've read all of his novels, and this turned out to be my favorite.)
These Things Happen by Richard Kramer (A terrific new voice in young adult fiction, he's an Emmy award winner. If you like John Green or David Levithan, try this one!)
Short Fiction
The Peaceable Kingdom by Francine Prose (I always enjoy Prose's prose, and short fiction's my favorite genre, so...)
Best American Short Stories 2011, edited by Geraldine Brooks and Heidi Pitlor (Such a variety of tones and styles and topics: This made for a terrific book group discussion.)
Non-Fiction
Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson (Who'da thunk a book about Branson and Louisa May Alcott would be so fascinating and so relevant?)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (A bestseller last year, this is a worthy story of HeLa cells - the first cultured cells - and the woman who unknowingly gave them life.)
Audio Book
Border Songs by Jim Lynch, read by Richard Poe (The setting is my home county on the border between WA state and B.C., and Richard Poe is my all time favorite audiobook reader, so how could I go wrong?)
Children's
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (So beautiful, both my Dave and I laughed and cried. Thanks to book groupie Kristen for lending me one of her favorite books!)
MFB in 2013,
L
12 comments:
The Song of Achilles was my favorite book of the year, I loved it!
Among my favorites of 2012 are Arcadia by Lauren Groff and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
Great minds... I also enjoyed The Fault In Our Stars and, of course, The Song of Achilles. I'll put Arcadia on my TBR list too, Amy.
Not read any of the books on your list, a couple of my favourites were John Siddique's poetry collection Full Blood & Sjon's From the mouth of a whale.. Have posted my top books in all cats if interested.
I loved Donna Tartt A Secret History this year.
Parrish L. - I will look up the Siddique right away, and I have another poetry collection in my queue from your blog last year: So many thanks.
LBC - A Secret History is on my library queue list too.
I keep meaning to read Henrietta Lacks. I've heard nothing but good things about it!
The Dog Stars made it onto my "Best of 2012" list as well. Loved it!
And I've had the Henrietta Lacks book on my Wish List for awhile now. One of these days!
Happy reading in 2013!
(Had to visit when I saw another Laurie commenting at Bookzilla!) I looked through my list of 2012 favorites again to see what you might like, and thought you might like The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont, if you haven't already read it.
http://baystatera.com/my-favorite-reads-of-2012-books-audiobooks/
Go Edward Tulane!!
Here is my top list this year:
1. Dog Stars
2. Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3. Fault in Our Stars (thanks to you!)
4. Still Alice
5. Love in the Time of Cholera
6. Night Circus
I feel like this year I didn't have as many "5 star" books as last year. I'm eager to read some of the books we have picked out for this year!
Kristen >^..^<
Kristen - I am so glad that you and I share such similar tastes in books (and pets)! Love in the Time of Cholera is one of my all-time favorites, and I was so sad to miss the Still Alice book discussion because I found it quite rewarding. Time to put The Night Circus on my library queue.
Laurie C - Welcome! I'll hop over to your blog promptly. And The Starboard Sea will go into my library queue too.
nfmgirl - I'll head over to see what your 2012 favorites were too.
I'm sorry I missed this when you first posted it, but as you probably alreayd know, The Dog Stars and Song of Achilles tied for my #1 spot this year. And since John Green also made my Top Ten, I'll definitely have to check out An Abundance of Katherines since you say it's your favorite of his. Though it'll be tough to beat out The Fault in Our Stars!
Let's see: I also really enjoyed Border Songs the year that I read it and compared it to Cormac McCarthy meets Northern Exposure. Do you think that's an apt comparison? Always looking for a good audio book, so I thank you for telling me about Richard Poe.
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